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RFC 1902 - 11. Appendix A: de-OSIfying a MIB module

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### 11. Appendix A: de-OSIfying a MIB module

There has been an increasing amount of work recently on taking MIBs defined by other organizations (e.g., the IEEE) and de-osifying them for use with the Internet-standard network management framework. The steps to achieve this are straight-forward, though tedious. Of course, it is helpful to already be experienced in writing MIB modules for use with the Internet-standard network management framework.

The first step is to construct a skeletal MIB module, as shown earlier in Section 5.8. The next step is to categorize the objects into groups. Optional objects are not permitted. Thus, when a MIB module is created, optional objects must be placed in a additional groups, which, if implemented, all objects in the group must be implemented. For the first pass, it is wisest to simply ignore any optional objects in the original MIB: experience shows it is better to define a core MIB module first, containing only essential objects; later, if experience demands, other objects can be added.

11.1. Managed Object Mapping

11.1.1. Mapping to the SYNTAX clause
11.1.2. Mapping to the UNITS clause
11.1.3. Mapping to the MAX-ACCESS clause
11.1.4. Mapping to the STATUS clause
11.1.5. Mapping to the DESCRIPTION clause
11.1.6. Mapping to the REFERENCE clause
11.1.7. Mapping to the INDEX clause
11.1.8. Mapping to the DEFVAL clause

11.2. Action Mapping

11.2.1. Mapping to the SYNTAX clause
11.2.2. Mapping to the MAX-ACCESS clause
11.2.3. Mapping to the STATUS clause
11.2.4. Mapping to the DESCRIPTION clause
11.2.5. Mapping to the REFERENCE clause

11.3. Event Mapping

11.3.1. Mapping to the STATUS clause
11.3.2. Mapping to the DESCRIPTION clause
11.3.3. Mapping to the REFERENCE clause

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RFC 1902 - 11. Appendix A: de-OSIfying a MIB module